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Sunday Evening Dog Blogging
Sunday, November 28th, 2010Bought a new couch this week. I wasn’t happy with the one I had, and I saw one I liked on sale. So I now have two, at least until I can sell the old one. Daisy has been a bit overwhelmed by the doubling of her napping space. So she’s been alternating between couches.
Other dog news this week: She caught a squirrel during one of our walks. For her, this was a glorious, long-sought triumph. For me, it was a mess. She maimed the thing, but didn’t really know what to do with it once she had it. Which means I had to euthanize it. This was traumatic, because it was really difficult to find a tiny squirrel vein in which to put the syringe. I’m kidding. I used a log. And it was gross. Try not to think of her savage beastliness while you look at the cute pictures.
That last picture has “deal with it” flavor to it. Daisy’s like, “Yeah, I fucked up that squirrel, deal with it.”.
Had to do the same thing once, though it was a cat and mouse. Agonized over the method and whether or not to do it at all. Finally used a bowl of water and tongs to hold the little sucker under. Very unpleasant.
Great. Now how many squirrels are there left?
About 400 gazillion. Bushy-tailed tree rats. Can someone tell me what ecological niche they occupy? Anyway, nice work, Daisy!
@ #4 | Mike Healy
“Can someone tell me what ecological niche they occupy?”
Little fuzzy terrorists, generally targeting infrastructure. And bird feeders.
Bushy-tailed tree rats. Can someone tell me what ecological niche they occupy?
Cat food. Owl & raptor fodder. Snake bait.
My complements to Daisy. She has rid the world of one more terrorist than the DHS.
Typical Americans. You invade their homeland and then call them terrorists.
Only 1 squirrel? My #2 dog (of 4) is a squirrel killing machine! It’s gotten to the point that I don’t let her out in the yard during the fall acorn gathering season! She once killed 11 of the little buggers in one week. The other 3 are inept to the point of hilarity. Simone once got me back by putting a live captive in my bed! Catching and killing the poor thing took over an hour with four furry helpers to help/hinder me.
Am I a bad person for laughing out loud at the squirrel euthanasia gag?
-jcr
Awesome.
Maddy killed a half-dozen birds the first month we had her, including goldfinches. I think she wasn’t sure we were going to keep feeding her, so she wanted to be sure.
My youngest dog concentrates on rabbits; squirrels seem beneath his notice. He never leaves incriminating bodies behind, having really developed a taste for them.
Mike: Isn’t squeaky dog toy an ecological niche?
Joel: That reminds me of a Labrador retriever I once owned. He felt he was too big to bother with squirrels, but a flash of cottontail and he’d be off into the woods at 30mph. There was no telling if he’d caught it or not – unless he left part of supper in the bowl that night.
“tiny veins” Ha!
Our part-time cat (neighbor travels for business, we keep his cat) once brought home a still-living chipmunk to my wife. She called me crying and asking what she should do with it. I suggested she euthanize it. Her response ;”Oh god, how?”
I said, “Use the cheese grater.”
She didn’t think it was as funny as I thought it was.
(The chipmunk revived and escaped. Although I’m pretty sure I saw it get eaten by a hawk a few days later.)